[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 38517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13928]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the information collection request 
for Student Transportation Mileage Form, OMB Control  1076-
0134, requires renewal. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, we 
request your comments on this collection before submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 5, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to William Mehojah, Director, Office of 
Indian Education Programs, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 3512-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joe D. Herrin, (202)-208-7658

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The information collection is needed to provide transportation 
mileage for Bureau-funded schools which will receive an allocation of 
transportation funds.

II. Method of Collection

    The Student Transportation regulations in 25 CFR part 39, subpart 
H, contain the program eligibility and criteria which govern the 
allocation of transportation funds. Information collected from the 
schools will be used to determine the rate per mile.

III. Data

    Title of the Collection of Information: Student Transportation 
Form, 25 CFR 39, Subpart H; OMB Control Number 1076-0134.
    Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Summary of the Collection of Information: This collection provides 
pertinent data concerning the schools' bus transportation mileage and 
related long distance travel mileage to determine funding for school 
transportation.
    Affected Entities: Contract and Grant Schools; Bureau operated 
schools. About 116 tribal school administrators annually gather the 
necessary information during student count week.
    Estimate of total annual reporting and record keeping burden: At an 
average of 6 hours each ``121 reporting schools = 726 hours.
    Total annual cost burden: 726 hours x $20/hour = $14,520.

IV. Request for Comments

    The Department of the Interior invites comments on: (a) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden (including the hours and cost) of the proposed collection of 
information; the validity of the methodology and assumption used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection on 
the respondents, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to search data sources, to complete and review 
the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose 
the information.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the submission of the collection to OMB for approval 
and renewal of this information collection. They become a matter of 
public record. If you wish to have your name and address withheld for 
any reason, you must state so prominently at the beginning of your 
comments. We will honor your request to the extent allowable by law. 
Anonymous comments will not be used.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget Control Number.

    Dated: May 22, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-13928 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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